Improvement in apparatus for preparing waxed ends



W. MAY.

Apparatus for Preparing. Waxed Ends.

N0.134,998. Patentedlan.21,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MAY, OF BINQHAMTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING WAXED ENDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,998, dated January21, 1873.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAY, of Binghamton, in the county of Broomeand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Preparing Endsfor Ulosing Leather Fabrics, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the combination of horizontal and upright wiresand springs set in a tablet, so arranged as to receive the separatestrands of the thread in such a manner that the strands shall beseparated at difi'erent lengths for the purpose of giving the requiredtaper to the end of the thread, the object of the invention being tofacilitate the operation of forming the thread or end, and to leave abetter and more uniform taper of the ends. Figure 1 is a side elevationof a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thesame.

A is the tablet, to which are attached horizontal wires B B andperpendicular wires 0 0.

These wires are set, leaving a space between for the passage of theseparate strands of the thread between them. The horizontal wires B aremade of different lengths, and bent or doubled over at the end a,running parallel with the horizontal part b, when the end is again bentdown, forming the leg 0, which, when secured to the tablet A, leaves asquare space, D. The other end is bent to an acute angle, forming aninclined leg, d. The upright wires 0 O are secured to the tablet at theends, and on a line with the horizontal wires B B, extending a littleabove the ends of the horizontal wires, and provided with a transverseguard, g, to prevent the strands from getting out of place whilethreading. At the end of the horizontal wires aresprings e e 6, runningparallel with and closing on the inclined legs (I 61 about half way upleaving a space below. E is the thumb-screw and stop for holding thestrands in position during the operation of untwisting and separatingthem. F is a rubber facing placed on the tablet in front of the wires BB for the purpose of separating the strands by untwisting.

The operation of forming the thread or end is accomplished by firstpassing the strands from the balls ff under the stop and thumb-screw E,and, entering them between the upright pieces 0 U and the horizontalwires B B, drawing them through to the required length of the thread;then turn down the thumb-screw E and grasp the strands about fifteeninches from the end of thewires B B, keeping them in a line with saidwires until they have with the right hand been passed around the lefthand so as to beheld firmly between the thumb and fingers. The strandsare then brought toward you at a right angle with the horizontal wires.This brings them between the springs e e 6, when they are separatelyuntwisted between the hand and the rubber facing F, as represented, andseparated by a slight pull of the left hand.

The operation is continued by taking hold of the strands in the space Dby placing the first two fingers of the right hand above and the thumbbelow, when the thumb-screw is loosened up and the strands drawnthrough, as before described. a

I claim as my invention- The device herein described, consisting of thetablet A, horizontal wires B, perpendicular wiresO, springs e e e,thumb-screw and stop E, and rubber facing F, all being constructedsubstantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

WILLIAM MAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. WORTHING, J. O. ROBIE.

